This workshop will show you many tricks of the professional speaking trade that will guarantee repeat bookings and rave
reviews. Learn how to perfect your presentations and better market yourself to broader audiences. Find out how to craft
stories that make your points “sticky,” add original humor, improve visuals, and refine your body language. Discover how
to make all your topics resonate with any audience.

About Our SpeakerC.L. Fornari is an author, speaker, and host of GardenLine on WXTK. She presents
programs to a range of horticultural organizations and green industry trade shows
as well as other venues such as alumni societies, women’s groups, spiritual retreats,
educational symposiums and writers conferences. C.L. runs a consultation service at
Hyannis Country Garden that serves homeowners and professional landscapers. She
also does event planning and writing for this independent garden center. As a writer,
she is a regular contributor to several magazines. She blogs at WholeLifeGardening.
com. Her website is GardenLady.com, and she gardens at Poison Ivy Acres on Cape Cod.

In order to make this day most personal, detailed and
productive for each attendee, please come with answers
to the following topics written down in advance. You are
under no pressure to share these with other attendees.

List two or three topics that are either current talks that
you would like to improve, or subjects that you would
like to craft into a dynamic talk.

List 3 experiences you had with plants before you were
14 years old.

Think of one or two complete disasters you’ve had in
your garden or landscape and jot down the bare bones
details.

Note down the following three non-gardening memories:
a moving experience with a good friend, a time
when something really did not work out the way you
thought it would, something your mother or father always
told you.

List three of your core values. These don’t have to be
directly related to gardening but should be the guiding
principles that are most important in your life.

Come with an opening and/or closing of one of your
talks in mind, 4 minutes maximum. Depending on the
numbers registered, you may or may not have an opportunity
to share them. But preparing as if you were
going to deliver them to this group is a useful exercise
in itself.

This workshop will be of benefit to people with all levels
of speaking experience. C.L. will be contacting those
registered with another question or two in advance of the
workshop so that the day will best meet the needs of all attendees.